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Series
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (approximately 77 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dancing great Bill Williamson takes a look back on the beginnings of his career and his romance with fellow rising star Selina. Their romance is brief because Selina does not want to settle down. The movie includes an all-star show hosted by Cab Calloway.
3) No surrender! No retreat!: African American pioneer performers of twentieth-century American theater
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 230 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First Da Capo Press edition.
Physical Desc
x, 265 pages, (pages 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Jimmie Walker was born in 1947 in the Bronx. At 22, he began performing as a standup comedian and was eventually discovered by the casting director for "Good Times." Walker was the first successful young black sitcom star, and his catchphrase--"Dyn-o-mite!"--remains an indicator of the era. He continues to tour the country doing stand-up and lives in Las Vegas.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Discover the fascinating and singular life story of Josephine Baker--actress, singer, dancer, Civil Rights activist, member of the French Resistance during WWII, and a woman dedicated to erasing prejudice and creating a more equitable world, in Josephine Baker's Last Dance. In this illuminating biographical novel, Sherry Jones brings to life Josephines early years in servitude and poverty in America, her rise to fame as a showgirl in her famous banana...
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First American hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
319 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A visual history of the Jacksons combines exclusive interviews, anecdotes, quotes, and previously unseen family archive photographs to trace their meteoric rise and history-making tours.
19) Josephine Baker
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
English edition.
Physical Desc
568 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Josephine Baker (1906-1975) was nineteen years old when she found herself in Paris for the first time in 1925. Overnight, the young American dancer became the idol of the Roaring Twenties, captivating Picasso, Cocteau, Le Corbusier, and Simenon. In the liberating atmosphere of the 1930s, Baker rose to fame as the first black star on the world stage, from London to Vienna, Alexandria to Buenos Aires. After World War II, and her time in the French Resistance,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the late 1800s, when the Williams family moves from the Bahamas to the U.S., young Bert is torn between his father's insistence that he become an educated man and his own desire to perform on stage. In 1896 Bert makes a fateful decision--he decides to perform in blackface. Although accused of reviling his race, intelligent and sensitive Bert becomes the mumbling "coon, " cakewalking his way to being the first black star in Ziegfeld's Follies.
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